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                      3: .OH 'UNIX 32/V \(em Summary''PS2:2-%'
                      4: .EH 'PS2:2-%''UNIX 32/V \(em Summary'
                      5: .TL
                      6: UNIX/32V \(em Summary
                      7: .AU
                      8: March 9, 1979
                      9: .AI
                     10: .HO
                     11: .SH
                     12: A.  What's new: highlights of the UNIX\(dg/32V System
                     13: .FS
                     14: \(dg
                     15: .UC UNIX
                     16: is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories.
                     17: .FE
                     18: .LP
                     19: .B "32-bit world."
                     20: UNIX/32V handles 32-bit addresses and 32-bit data.
                     21: Devices are addressable to 2\u\s-231\s+2\d
                     22: bytes, files to 2\u\s-230\s+2\d bytes.
                     23: .LP
                     24: .B "Portability."
                     25: Code of the operating system and most utilities has
                     26: been extensively revised to minimize its
                     27: dependence on particular hardware.
                     28: UNIX/32V is highly compatible with UNIX version 7.
                     29: .LP
                     30: .B "Fortran 77."
                     31: F77 compiler for the new standard language
                     32: is compatible with C at the object level.
                     33: A Fortran structurer, STRUCT, converts old, ugly Fortran into RATFOR,
                     34: a structured dialect usable with F77.
                     35: .LP
                     36: .B "Shell."
                     37: Completely new SH program supports string variables,
                     38: trap handling, structured programming, user profiles,
                     39: settable search path,
                     40: multilevel file name generation, etc.
                     41: .LP
                     42: .B "Document preparation."
                     43: TROFF phototypesetter utility is standard.
                     44: NROFF (for terminals) is now highly compatible
                     45: with TROFF.
                     46: MS macro package provides canned commands for
                     47: many common formatting and layout situations.
                     48: TBL provides an easy to learn language for preparing
                     49: complicated tabular material.
                     50: REFER fills in bibliographic citations
                     51: from a data base.
                     52: .LP
                     53: .B "UNIX-to-UNIX file copy."
                     54: UUCP performs spooled
                     55: file transfers between any two machines.
                     56: .LP
                     57: .B "Data processing."
                     58: SED stream editor does multiple editing functions
                     59: in parallel on a data stream of indefinite length.
                     60: AWK report generator does free-field pattern selection
                     61: and arithmetic operations.
                     62: .LP
                     63: .B "Program development."
                     64: MAKE
                     65: controls re-creation of complicated software,
                     66: arranging for minimal recompilation.
                     67: .LP
                     68: .B "Debugging."
                     69: ADB does postmortem and breakpoint debugging.
                     70: .LP
                     71: .B "C language."
                     72: The language now supports
                     73: definable data types, generalized initialization,
                     74: block structure, long integers,
                     75: unions,
                     76: explicit type conversions.
                     77: The LINT verifier does strong type checking
                     78: and detection of probable errors and portability problems
                     79: even across separately compiled functions.
                     80: .LP
                     81: .B "Lexical analyzer generator."
                     82: LEX converts specification of regular expressions
                     83: and semantic actions into a recognizing subroutine.
                     84: Analogous to YACC.
                     85: .LP
                     86: .B "Graphics."
                     87: Simple graph-drawing utility, graphic subroutines, and
                     88: generalized plotting filters adapted to various devices
                     89: are now standard.
                     90: .LP
                     91: .B "Standard input-output package."
                     92: Highly efficient buffered stream I/O is
                     93: integrated with formatted input and output.
                     94: .LP
                     95: .B "Other."
                     96: The operating system and utilities have been enhanced
                     97: and freed of restrictions in many
                     98: other ways too numerous to relate.
                     99: .sp 100

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